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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

Barbara Mertz

The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
BARBARA MERTZ

People Powerful Voice
I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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Credit Men Thinking
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
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Disappointment Optimist Pessimist
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Disease Loving People Someone
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Arrogance Men Surprise
It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Age Easier Youth
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Crisis Lying Men
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Arms Drug Government
I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Answers Courses Superb
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Noble Political Politics

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

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